A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]

A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.

Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.

A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:

Last week. Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) and the Democrat-led California legislature worked together to pass a $52 billion increase in gas taxes and fees on California drivers.

One aspect of the package that has yet to receive much attention, save a recent report from The Daily Caller, is the fact that the new plan punishes owners of gas-powered cars far more than electric vehicle (EV) owners.

The Daily Caller‘s Chris White reported last week that California’s gas tax burden will rise to $0.52 per gallon under the new plan. Taking recent numbers on the average miles traveled per person in California and the average fuel efficiency per American car, the average Californian will pay roughly $205 in gas taxes per year under the new plan.

What does this translate to? California punishes owners of gas-powered cars with about twice the taxes and fees per year that EV owners are forced to pay. That calculation doesn’t even count the fact that EV owners benefit from thousands of dollars in subsidies and tax credits.

One thing is clear with California’s new transportation plan: it continues to subsidize and support EV owners, at the expense of the vast majority of drivers who own gas-powered cars.